U.S. patent application number 13/983925 was filed with the patent office on 2014-01-23 for analysis engine control device.
This patent application is currently assigned to NEC CORPORATION. The applicant listed for this patent is Takeshi Arikuma, Shinichiro Kamei, Nobuhisa Shiraishi. Invention is credited to Takeshi Arikuma, Shinichiro Kamei, Nobuhisa Shiraishi.
Application Number | 20140026136 13/983925 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46638353 |
Filed Date | 2014-01-23 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140026136 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Shiraishi; Nobuhisa ; et
al. |
January 23, 2014 |
ANALYSIS ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE
Abstract
An analysis engine control device 100 of the present invention
includes: an analysis engine meta-information table 110 storing an
analysis process content and an analysis process result
characteristic for each analysis engine 200; a process flow
generating means 101 for, in response to an analysis process
request, selecting a plurality of analysis engines 200 each
executing an analysis process satisfying the analysis process
result condition and corresponding to the analysis process content,
and generating a process flow; and an analysis process executing
means 102 for executing an analysis process based on the generated
process flow. The process flow generating means 101 is configured
to, in accordance with a result of an actually executed analysis
process, correct the process flow so that an analysis process
satisfying the analysis process result condition and corresponding
to the analysis process content is executed, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table.
Inventors: |
Shiraishi; Nobuhisa; (Tokyo,
JP) ; Kamei; Shinichiro; (Tokyo, JP) ;
Arikuma; Takeshi; (Tokyo, JP) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Shiraishi; Nobuhisa
Kamei; Shinichiro
Arikuma; Takeshi |
Tokyo
Tokyo
Tokyo |
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JP
JP
JP |
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Assignee: |
NEC CORPORATION
Tokyo
JP
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Family ID: |
46638353 |
Appl. No.: |
13/983925 |
Filed: |
January 18, 2012 |
PCT Filed: |
January 18, 2012 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/JP2012/000254 |
371 Date: |
October 4, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
718/100 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 9/46 20130101; G06Q
10/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
718/100 |
International
Class: |
G06F 9/46 20060101
G06F009/46 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Feb 9, 2011 |
JP |
2011-025805 |
Claims
1. An analysis engine control device, comprising: an analysis
engine meta-information table storing an analysis process content
and an analysis process result characteristic for each analysis
engine; a process flow generating unit for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; and an analysis process executing unit for
executing an analysis process by each of the analysis engines based
on the generated process flow, wherein the process flow generating
unit is configured to, in accordance with a result of an actual
analysis process by each of the analysis engines executed by the
analysis process executing unit, correct the process flow so that
an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition and corresponding to the analysis process content is
executed, based on the analysis engine meta-information table.
2. The analysis engine control device according to claim 1, wherein
the process flow generating unit is configured to correct the
process flow based on the analysis engine meta-information table in
accordance with an intermediate result of an actual analysis
process executed by the analysis process executing unit based on
the process flow, the intermediate result being a result of an
actual analysis process by part of the analysis engines included in
the process flow.
3. The analysis engine control device according to claim 1,
wherein: the analysis process content stored by the analysis engine
meta-information table is an engine type classified depending on
the analysis process content; and the process flow generating unit
is configured to, based on the analysis engine meta-information
table, select the analysis engine of the engine type corresponding
to the analysis process content set in the analysis process request
and, when correcting the process flow, correct the process flow by
changing the analysis engine set in the process flow to the
analysis engine of the same engine type as the analysis engine set
in the process flow.
4. The analysis engine control device according to claim 3,
comprising an analysis engine combination information table
storing, for each of the analysis process contents, an engine type
combination capable of executing an analysis process corresponding
to the analysis process content, wherein the process flow
generating unit is configured to select an analysis engine
combination corresponding to the analysis process content set in
the analysis process request, based on the analysis engine
combination information table and the analysis engine
meta-information table.
5. The analysis engine control device according to claim 1,
wherein: the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request is analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process; the analysis process
result characteristic stored by the analysis engine
meta-information table is analysis accuracy of the analysis process
and a processing time for the analysis process; and the process
flow generating unit is configured to: select a plurality of
analysis engines each executing an analysis process which satisfies
analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a processing time for
the analysis process of the analysis process result condition set
in the analysis process request and corresponds to the analysis
process content, based on the analysis engine meta-information
table; and when correcting the process flow, correct the process
flow based on the analysis engine meta-information table so that
the analysis process satisfying the analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and the processing time for the analysis process
of the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponding to the analysis process content
is executed, in accordance with a result of an actual analysis
process by the analysis engine executed by the analysis process
executing unit.
6. The analysis engine control device according to claim 1,
wherein: the analysis engine meta-information table stores a
plurality of parameter patterns each of which is set into a
predetermined one of the analysis engines at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, and also stores the analysis
process content and the analysis process result characteristic for
each of the parameter patterns; and the process flow generating
unit is configured to, when generating or correcting the process
flow, generate or correct the process flow so that setting the
parameter pattern corresponding to the analysis engine selected or
corrected so as to execute an analysis process satisfying the
analysis process result condition set in the analysis process
request and corresponding to the analysis process content is
included at a time of an analysis process by the analysis engine,
based on the analysis engine meta-information table.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer
program comprising instructions for causing an information
processing device, which includes an analysis engine
meta-information table storing an analysis process content and an
analysis process result characteristic for each analysis engine, to
realize; a process flow generating unit for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; and an analysis process executing unit for
executing an analysis process by each of the analysis engines based
on the generated process flow, the computer program comprising
instructions for causing the process flow generating unit to
perform operations which include, in accordance with a result of an
actual analysis process by each of the analysis engines executed by
the analysis process executing unit, correcting the process flow so
that an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition and corresponding to the analysis process content is
executed, based on the analysis engine meta-information table.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the computer
program according to claim 7, comprising instructions for causing
the process flow generating unit to perform operations which
include correcting the process flow based on the analysis engine
meta-information table in accordance with an intermediate result of
an actual analysis process executed by the analysis process
executing unit based on the process flow, the intermediate result
being a result of an actual analysis process by part of the
analysis engines included in the process flow.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the computer
program according to claim 7, wherein: the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request is analysis accuracy
of the analysis process and a processing time for the analysis
process; and the analysis process result characteristic stored by
the analysis engine meta-information table is analysis accuracy of
the analysis process and a processing time for the analysis
process, the computer program comprising instructions for causing
the process flow generating unit to perform operations which
include: selecting a plurality of analysis engines each executing
an analysis process which satisfies analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and a processing time for the analysis process of
the analysis process result condition set in the analysis process
request and corresponds to the analysis process content, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table; and when correcting the
process flow, correcting the process flow based on the analysis
engine meta-information table so that the analysis process
satisfying the analysis accuracy of the analysis process and the
processing time for the analysis process of the analysis process
result condition set in the analysis process request and
corresponding to the analysis process content is executed, in
accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by the
analysis engine executed by the analysis process executing
unit.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the
computer program according to claim 7, wherein the analysis engine
meta-information table stores a plurality of parameter patterns
each of which is set into a predetermined one of the analysis
engines at a time of an analysis process by the analysis engine,
and also stores the analysis process content and the analysis
process result characteristic for each of the parameter patterns,
the computer program comprising instructions for causing the
process flow generating unit to perform operations which include,
when generating or correcting the process flow, generating or
correcting the process flow so that setting the parameter pattern
corresponding to the analysis engine selected or corrected so as to
execute an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request and corresponding to
the analysis process content is included at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, based on the analysis engine
meta-information table.
11. An analysis engine control method comprising, by an information
processing device including an analysis engine meta-information
table storing an analysis process content and an analysis process
result characteristic for each analysis engine: in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; executing an analysis process by each of the
analysis engines based on the generated process flow; in accordance
with a result of an actual analysis process by each of the analysis
engines executed, correcting the process flow so that an analysis
process satisfying the analysis process result condition and
corresponding to the analysis process content is executed, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table; and executing the
analysis process by the analysis engine based on the corrected
process flow.
12. The analysis engine control method according to claim 11,
comprising, at a time of correction of the process flow, correcting
the process flow based on the analysis engine meta-information
table in accordance with an intermediate result of an actual
analysis process executed based on the process flow, the
intermediate result being a result of an actual analysis process by
part of the analysis engines included in the process flow.
13. The analysis engine control method according to claim 11,
wherein: the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request is analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process; the analysis process
result characteristic stored by the analysis engine
meta-information table is analysis accuracy of the analysis process
and a processing time for the analysis process, the analysis engine
control method comprising: at a time of generation of the process
flow, selecting a plurality of analysis engines each executing an
analysis process which satisfies analysis accuracy of the analysis
process and a processing time for the analysis process of the
analysis process result condition set in the analysis process
request and corresponds to the analysis process content, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table; and at a time of
correction of the process flow, correcting the process flow based
on the analysis engine meta-information table so that the analysis
process satisfying the analysis accuracy of the analysis process
and the processing time for the analysis process of the analysis
process result condition set in the analysis process request and
corresponding to the analysis process content is executed, in
accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by the
analysis engine executed.
14. The analysis engine control method according to claim 11,
wherein: the analysis engine meta-information table stores a
plurality of parameter patterns each of which is set into a
predetermined one of the analysis engines at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, and also stores the analysis
process content and the analysis process result characteristic for
each of the parameter patterns, the analysis engine control method
comprising, at a time of generation or correction of the process
flow, generating or correcting the process flow so that setting the
parameter pattern corresponding to the analysis engine selected or
corrected so as to execute an analysis process satisfying the
analysis process result condition set in the analysis process
request and corresponding to the analysis process content is
included at a time of an analysis process by the analysis engine,
based on the analysis engine meta-information table.
15. The analysis engine control method according to claim 11,
comprising executing an analysis process by the analysis engine
based on the corrected process flow, and further, in accordance
with a result of an actual analysis process by the analysis engine
executed, correcting the process flow based on the analysis engine
meta-information table so as to execute an analysis process
satisfying the analysis process result condition and corresponding
to the analysis process content.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an analysis engine control
device, more specifically, relates to an analysis engine control
device which generates a process flow of an analysis engine.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In accordance with development of information processing
techniques, analysis engines analyzing various data have been
developed. For example, there exist various analysis engines such
as an analysis engine which generates location information tracing
the flow of a person from moving image data, an analysis engine
which specifies a person from still image data, and an analysis
engine which generates text data from speech data. As one example,
Patent Document 1 discloses an analysis system which performs
genetic analysis. In order that the analysis system performs an
appropriate analysis process, a technique of making a significant
combination of variables used in the analysis process is
disclosed.
[0003] On the other hand, in recent years, a system which makes a
plurality of analysis engines work in cooperation and obtains a
requested analysis result from a plurality of analysis target
information has been developed. For example, a system which
detects/specifies the location of any object or an object with a
designated ID from a plurality of media information such as a video
image, ultrasonic waves and radio waves has been developed. [0004]
Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application
Publication No. 2006-048429
[0005] However, in the case of analyzing by making a plurality of
analysis engines work in cooperation, it is difficult to grasp an
influence of the other analysis engine, and there arises a problem
such that it is difficult to obtain an analysis process result
satisfying analysis process requirements such as analysis process
accuracy and an analysis process time finally required. For
example, in a case that there exist a plurality of substitutable
analysis engines, it is difficult to select an optimum analysis
engine while considering an influence of or on the other analysis
engine working in cooperation, and there arises a problem such that
an analysis process with higher accuracy than needed is executed or
an analysis process with insufficient accuracy is executed and,
consequently, it is impossible to obtain a desired analysis process
result. Further, it is also difficult to design a whole procedure
by the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a totally
required processing time while considering a processing time
required by the other analysis engine working in cooperation.
Furthermore, because the respective analysis engines uniquely set
analysis parameters, there arises a problem such that it is
difficult to set appropriate analysis parameters for the respective
analysis engines in the case of making the analysis engines work in
cooperation.
SUMMARY
[0006] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve
the abovementioned problem such that it is difficult to obtain an
analysis process result satisfying an analysis process requirement
in the case of analyzing by making a plurality of analysis engines
work in cooperation.
[0007] In order to achieve the object, an analysis engine control
device of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
includes:
[0008] an analysis engine meta-information table storing an
analysis process content and an analysis process result
characteristic for each analysis engine;
[0009] a process flow generating means for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; and
[0010] an analysis process executing means for executing an
analysis process by each of the analysis engines based on the
generated process flow,
[0011] wherein the process flow generating means is configured to,
in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by each
of the analysis engines executed by the analysis process executing
means, correct the process flow so that an analysis process
satisfying the analysis process result condition and corresponding
to the analysis process content is executed, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table.
[0012] Further, a program of another exemplary embodiment of the
present invention is a computer program including instructions for
causing an information processing device, which includes an
analysis engine meta-information table storing an analysis process
content and an analysis process result characteristic for each
analysis engine, to realize;
[0013] a process flow generating means for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; and
[0014] an analysis process executing means for executing an
analysis process by each of the analysis engines based on the
generated process flow,
[0015] the computer program including instructions for causing the
process flow generating means to perform operations which include,
in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by each
of the analysis engines executed by the analysis process executing
means, correcting the process flow so that an analysis process
satisfying the analysis process result condition and corresponding
to the analysis process content is executed, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table.
[0016] Further, an analysis engine control method of another
exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes, by an
information processing device including an analysis engine
meta-information table storing an analysis process content and an
analysis process result characteristic for each analysis
engine:
[0017] in response to an analysis process request in which an
analysis process content and an analysis process result condition
are set, selecting a plurality of analysis engines each executing
an analysis process which satisfies the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request and corresponds to
the analysis process content based on the analysis engine
meta-information table, and generating a process flow showing an
analysis procedure by the selected analysis engines;
[0018] executing an analysis process by each of the analysis
engines based on the generated process flow;
[0019] in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by
each of the analysis engines executed, correcting the process flow
so that an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition and corresponding to the analysis process content is
executed, based on the analysis engine meta-information table;
and
[0020] executing the analysis process by the analysis engine based
on the corrected process flow.
[0021] With the configurations as described above, the present
invention can provide an analysis engine control device which can
easily obtain an analysis process result satisfying a desired
analysis process requirement in the case of analyzing by making a
plurality of analysis engines work in cooperation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0022] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an
analysis engine control device in a first exemplary embodiment;
[0023] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in an
analysis engine meta-information table disclosed in FIG. 1;
[0024] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in an
analysis engine combination information table disclosed in FIG.
1;
[0025] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the analysis
engine control device disclosed in FIG. 1;
[0026] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing state transition of a process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1;
[0027] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing state transition of the process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1;
[0028] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing state transition of the process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1;
[0029] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing state transition of the process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1;
[0030] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing state transition of the process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1;
[0031] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing state transition of the process
flow generated by the analysis engine control device disclosed in
FIG. 1; and
[0032] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an
analysis engine control device in Supplementary Note 1 of the
present invention.
EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
First Exemplary Embodiment
[0033] A first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will
be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10. FIGS. 1 to 3 are
diagrams for describing the configuration of an analysis engine
control device. FIGS. 4 to 10 are diagrams for describing the
operation of the analysis engine control device.
[Configuration]
[0034] An analysis engine control device 1 according to this
exemplary embodiment is an information processing device including
an arithmetic device and a storage device, and is configured by one
or a plurality of information processing devices. As shown in FIG.
1, the analysis engine control device 1 is connected with an
application 2 installed in a client device and a plurality of
analysis engines A, B and C, and has a function of, in response to
an analysis process request from the application 2, controlling the
operations of the plurality of analysis engines A, B and C to
execute an analysis process and returning an analysis process
result to the application 2. The number of the analysis engines A,
B and C connected with the analysis engine control device 1 is not
limited to three.
[0035] As shown in FIG. 1, the analysis engine control device 1
includes an analysis engine controlling unit 11, a process flow
editing unit 12 and an analysis process content judging unit 13
that are built by installation of programs into the arithmetic
device. Moreover, the analysis engine control device 1 has an
analysis engine meta-information table 14 and an analysis engine
combination information table 15 in the storage device.
[0036] The analysis engine controlling unit 11 (an analysis process
executing means) accepts an analysis process request from the
application 2, passes the analysis process request to the process
flow editing unit 12, and asks generation of a process flow
representing an analysis procedure satisfying the analysis process
request. Then, the process flow editing unit 12 generates a process
flow satisfying the analysis process request in cooperation with
the analysis process content judging unit 13 as described later,
and the analysis engine controlling unit 11 receives the generated
process flow from the process flow editing unit 12. The analysis
engine controlling unit 11 executes controls the operations of the
respective analysis engines connected thereto to execute an
analysis process based on the received process flow.
[0037] Further, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 receives
the results of analysis processes by the respective analysis
engines, passes these analysis process results to the process flow
editing unit 12, and asks correction of the process flow as needed.
In this case, every time receiving an analysis process result from
each of the analysis engines, the analysis engine controlling unit
11 may pass the analysis process result to the process flow editing
unit 12. That is to say, at the time of acquisition of the result
of an analysis process by part of the analysis engines included in
the process flow as an intermediate result of an analysis process
in the whole process flow, the analysis engine controlling unit 11
may pass the analysis process result to the process flow editing
unit 12. However, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 may
receive all analysis process results based on the process flow from
the respective analysis engines and thereafter pass the analysis
process results to the process flow editing unit 12.
[0038] The analysis engine controlling unit 11 receives a process
flow corrected by the process flow editing unit 12 as described
later from the process flow editing unit 12, and controls the
operations of the respective analysis engines connected thereto to
execute an analysis process. Moreover, the analysis engine
controlling unit 11 receives the results of analysis processes by
the respective analysis engines, passes the analysis process
results to the process flow editing unit 12 in the same manner as
described above, and asks correction of the process flow as needed.
Also in this case, even in the middle of an analysis process of the
whole process flow, at the time of acquisition of the result of an
analysis process by part of the analysis engines included in the
process flow, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 may pass the
analysis process result to the process flow editing unit 12.
Alternatively, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 may receive
the result of the analysis process in the process flow to the
process flow editing unit 12. The process described above is
repeatedly executed.
[0039] The process flow editing unit 12 (a process flow generating
means) generates a process flow representing an analysis procedure
satisfying an analysis process request received from the analysis
engine controlling unit 11. In this case, "analysis process
content" which represents the processing content of an analysis
process and "analysis process result condition" which represents
conditions, such as the accuracy of an analysis process and an
analysis process time, of an analysis process result are set in an
analysis process request from the application 2. For example, in a
case that an analysis process request is information that "Detect
an object location within two seconds with an error of 10 m or
less," "detect an object location" is equivalent to "analysis
process content," and "with an error of 10 m or less" and "within
two seconds" are equivalent to "analysis process result
condition."
[0040] It is described above that "detect an object location" in
the analysis process request is equivalent to "analysis process
content." A process of thus specifying "analysis process content"
in the analysis process request is executed by the analysis process
content judging unit 13. To be specific, the analysis process
content judging unit 13 receives the analysis process request
passed from the process flow editing unit 12 and, based on a
specific keyword therein, specifies "analysis process content"
previously set in the analysis engine combination information table
15.
[0041] In the analysis engine combination information table 15, as
shown in FIG. 3, "analysis process content" representing the
content of an analysis process previously set and "analysis engine
combination" capable of executing the analysis process of the
"analysis process content" are stored so as to correspond to each
other. As "analysis engine combination," a combination of "engine
types" representing the types of analysis engines classified in
accordance with the contents of analysis processes of the analysis
engines is set. The "engine types" are also stored as information
representing the contents of analysis processes of analysis engines
so as to correspond to the respective analysis engines within the
analysis engine meta-information table 14 described later.
[0042] In the case of storing the analysis engine combination
information table 15 of the content shown in FIG. 3, the analysis
process content judging unit 13 judges that "unidentified-object
location specification" in the analysis engine combination
information table 15 is equivalent to "analysis process content"
based on a keyword "object location" or "location" in the analysis
process request, and specifies "unidentified-object location
specification" as "analysis process content." Then, the analysis
process content judging unit 13 returns the specified "analysis
process content" to the process flow editing unit 12. Although one
example is described above as a method for specifying the content
of an analysis process, the specifying method is not limited to the
abovementioned method. For example, a keyword itself in an analysis
process request may be judged as "analysis process content."
Alternatively, information of "analysis process content" and
"analysis process result condition" designated in an analysis
process request inputted from the application 2 may be specified as
"analysis process content" and "analysis process result condition,"
respectively.
[0043] The process flow editing unit 12 selects a plurality of
analysis engines each executing an analysis process corresponding
to "analysis process content" so as to satisfy "analysis process
result condition" in the analysis process request, based on the
analysis engine meta-information table 14 and the analysis engine
combination information table 15. To be specific, the process flow
editing unit 12 firstly specifies "analysis engine combination"
stored so as to correspond to "analysis process content" judged to
be equivalent to "analysis process content" by the analysis process
content judging unit 13 as described above, from the analysis
engine combination information table 15. Then, the process flow
editing unit 12 selects analysis engines of "engine type" included
in the specified "analysis engine combination" from the analysis
engine meta-information table 14. For example, when it is judged
that "analysis process content" is "unidentified-object location
specification" as described above, the process flow editing unit 12
selects analysis engines (meta-information 1 or 2, and
meta-information 3 or 4) that "engine types" of "three-dimensional
location detection engine" and "object ID specification engine"
representing "analysis engine combination" stored in the analysis
engine combination information table 15 so as to correspond to
"unidentified-object location specification" are set, respectively,
from the analysis engine meta-information table 14.
[0044] The analysis engine meta-information table 14 stores
meta-information of each analysis engine and, specifically, stores
"meta-information ID," "engine ID" specifying an analysis engine,
"engine type" representing a classification previously set for each
content of analysis by an analysis engine, "analysis accuracy"
representing analysis process accuracy that is a characteristic of
the result of an analysis process by an analysis engine, "required
time" representing an analysis process time that is a
characteristic of the result of an analysis process by an analysis
engine, and "parameter set" representing parameters which are set
in an analysis engine when the analysis engine executes an analysis
process, as shown in FIG. 2. Among the meta-information of the
analysis engines, analysis process result characteristics such as
"analysis accuracy" and "required time" are values which are set
based on the result of an analysis process executed in the past or
values which are set based on simulation, and it is not guaranteed
that the result of an analysis process always achieves such values.
This is because, when data to be analyzed by an analysis engine is
media information like a video image, analysis accuracy and an
analysis process time vary depending on the definition of the data
and an environment for acquisition of the data.
[0045] Further, the analysis engine meta-information table 14
stores meta-information for the respective parameter sets which are
set for one analysis engine. For example, although
"meta-information 1" and "meta-information 2" shown in FIG. 2 are
meta-information of "analysis engine A," respectively, "parameter
sets" to be set, namely, "patterns" of parameters are different
from each other. Consequently, the respective meta-information
store different "analysis accuracy" and "required time" depending
on the patterns of parameters.
[0046] The process flow editing unit 12 selects, from the analysis
engine meta-information table 14, analysis engines each of which is
of "engine type" included in "analysis engine combination" stored
so as to correspond to "analysis process content" and for each of
which "analysis accuracy" and "required time" satisfying conditions
such as analysis process accuracy and an analysis process time
included in "analysis process result condition" included in the
analysis request are set. For example, in the case of the
abovementioned analysis process request, the process flow editing
unit 12 selects analysis engines (meta-information 1 and
meta-information 3) satisfying "analysis accuracy" of "with an
error of 10 m or less" and "required time" of "within two seconds,"
and generates a process flow showing an analysis procedure for
executing an analysis process by combining the selected analysis
engines.
[0047] After generating the process flow as described above, the
process flow editing unit 12 passes the generated flow to the
analysis engine controlling unit 11. At this time, information
about a plurality of executing analysis engines and parameters set
for the respective analysis engines is set in the process flow.
Then, based on the generated process flow, the analysis engine
controlling unit 11 executes an analysis process by using the
respective analysis engines as described above, and passes the
result of the analysis process to the process flow editing unit
12.
[0048] Further, upon accepting an actual execution result of the
generated process flow from the analysis engine controlling unit
11, the process flow editing unit 12 examines whether this analysis
process result satisfies the analysis process request from the
application 2, namely, conditions such as analysis process accuracy
and an analysis process time that are "analysis process result
conditions" included in the analysis process request. When the
actual analysis process result based on the process flow does not
satisfy "analysis process result conditions" included in the
analysis process request, the process flow editing unit 12 corrects
the process flow so that "analysis process result conditions" are
satisfied.
[0049] In this case, the process flow editing unit 12 corrects the
process flow by, for example, referring to the analysis engine
meta-information table 14 and changing the analysis engine included
in the process flow to an analysis engine with another
meta-information ID of the same engine type as the analysis engine
included in the process flow. For example, it is assumed that
"analysis engine combination" corresponding to "analysis process
contents" judged as described above is a combination of "engine
types" of "three-dimensional detection engine" and "object ID
specification engine" and an analysis engine corresponding to
"object ID specification engine" is to be changed. In this case,
the process flow editing unit 12 corrects the process flow by
changing to another analysis engine of the same "engine type" as
the analysis engine to be changed, or to an analysis engine of the
same "engine type" for which a different parameter set is set at
the time of an analysis process, based on the analysis engine
meta-information table 14. At this time, the parameter set that is
set for the analysis engine corrected on the analysis engine
meta-information table 14 is also set in the process flow as well
as the analysis engine.
[0050] When receiving the result of an analysis process by part of
analysis engines included in a process flow as an intermediate
result of an analysis process of the whole process flow from the
analysis engine controlling unit 11, the process flow editing unit
12 examines whether the process flow satisfies an analysis process
request based on the result of the analysis process by the part of
the analysis engines. Alternatively, when receiving all analysis
process results based on a process flow from the analysis engine
controlling unit 11, the process flow editing unit 12 examines
whether the process flow satisfies an analysis process request
based on the analysis process results. Then, as described above,
the process flow editing unit 12 corrects the process flow as
needed.
[Operation]
[0051] Next, the operation of the analysis engine control device 1
will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 4 and
diagrams showing state transition of a process flow of FIGS. 5 to
10.
[0052] First, when accepting an analysis process request from the
application 2 (step S1), the analysis engine controlling unit 11
passes the analysis process request to the process flow editing
unit 12, and asks generation of a process flow. Herein, it is
assumed that the analysis process request from the application 2 is
information of "Detect an object location within two seconds with
an error of 10 m or less."
[0053] Then, the process flow editing unit 12 passes the received
analysis process request to the analysis process content judging
unit 13, and asks judgment of "analysis process content." Based on
"analysis process content" of the received analysis process
request, the analysis process content judging unit 13 specifies
corresponding "analysis process content" in the analysis engine
combination information table 15. In the case of the abovementioned
analysis process request "Detect an object location within two
seconds with an error of 10 m or less," the analysis process
content judging unit 13 specifies "unidentified-object location
specification" as "analysis process content." Then, the analysis
process content judging unit 13 returns the specified "analysis
process content" to the process flow editing unit 12.
[0054] Subsequently, the process flow editing unit 12 generates a
process flow showing an analysis procedure, based on "analysis
process content" of the analysis process request received from the
analysis process content judging unit 13 and "analysis process
result condition" of the analysis process request (step S2). In
this case, the process flow editing unit 12 firstly specifies
"analysis process result condition" of the analysis process
request, and adds to analysis request meta-information in the
process flow. In the case of the abovementioned analysis process
request "Detect an object location within two seconds with an error
of 10 m or less," the process flow editing unit 12 sets "analysis
process result conditions" including "analysis process accuracy" of
"with an error of 10 m or less" and "analysis process time" of
"within two seconds" into the process flow as shown by shading in
FIG. 5.
[0055] Subsequently, the process flow editing unit 12 selects an
analysis engine which is equivalent to "analysis process content"
received from the analysis process content judging unit 13 as
described above and which satisfies "analysis process result
conditions," from the analysis engine meta-information table 14 and
the analysis engine combination information table 15. To be
specific, the process flow editing unit 12 firstly specifies
"analysis engine combination" stored so as to correspond to
"analysis process content" from the analysis engine combination
information table 15, and selects analysis engines of "engine
types" included in the "analysis engine combination" from the
analysis engine meta-information table 14. For example, when it is
judged that "analysis process content" is "unidentified-object
location specification" as described above, analysis engines
(meta-information 1 or 2, and meta-information 3 or 4) for which
"engine types" including "three-dimensional location detection
engine" and "object ID specification engine" of "analysis engine
combination" stored so as to correspond to "unidentified-object
location information" are set become candidates selected from the
analysis engine meta-information table 14.
[0056] Then, the process flow editing unit 12 selects an analysis
engine combination which executes an analysis process satisfying
"analysis process result conditions" in the analysis process
request, from among the analysis engines as the selection
candidates. For example, in the case of the abovementioned analysis
process request, because "analysis accuracy" is "with an error of
10 m or less" and "required time" is "within two seconds," the
process flow editing unit 12 selects analysis engines such that
characteristics ("analysis accuracy" and "required time") of an
analysis process satisfying these conditions are stored in the
analysis engine meta-information table 14. In this case, for
example, the process flow editing unit 12 selects an analysis
engine A (a video image analysis engine) having "meta-information
1" and an analysis engine B (an ultrasonic analysis engine" having
"meta-information 3."
[0057] Then, the process flow editing unit 12 generates a process
flow showing an analysis procedure that the selected analysis
engines execute analysis processes, from the meta-information of
the respective analysis engines. To be specific, in the process
flow, the process flow editing unit 12 sets a combination of
executing analysis engines and information of parameters set for
the respective analysis engines. Thus, the process flow editing
unit 12 generates a process flow to which information of analysis
engines used for an analysis process is added as shown by shading
in FIG. 6. The process flow editing unit 12 then passes the
generated process flow to the analysis engine controlling unit
11.
[0058] Subsequently, the analysis engine controlling unit 11
executes an analysis process by using the respective analysis
engines as described above based on the generated process flow
(step S3). After that, the analysis engine controlling unit 11
receives analysis process results from the respective analysis
engines, adds the analysis process results to the process flow as
shown by shading in FIG. 7 or 8, and passes to the process flow
editing unit 12. FIG. 7 shows an aspect when the result of the
analysis process by the analysis engine A of "meta-information 1,"
which is an intermediate result of the analysis process of the
whole process flow, is added to the process flow. Moreover, FIG. 8
shows an aspect when the results of the analysis processes by the
analysis engine A of "meta-information 1" and the analysis engine B
of "meta-information 3," which are the analysis process results of
the whole process flow, are added to the process flow. In this
exemplary embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the device proceeds to an
operation of correcting the process flow when needed as shown below
at a time that an intermediate result of the analysis process of
the process flow is added. However, the device may proceed to the
operation of correcting the process flow shown below after the
analysis process results of the whole process flow are added to the
process flow as shown in FIG. 8.
[0059] Subsequently, the process flow editing unit 12 considers
whether the analysis process result added to the process flow as
shown in FIG. 7 satisfies "analysis process result conditions" and,
when not satisfying (step S4), performs correction of the process
flow (step S5). To be specific, correction of the process flow is
to, based on the results of the analysis processes by the
respective analysis engines, focus on an item which does not
satisfy "analysis process result condition" and change an analysis
engine, namely, "meta-information ID" so as to be capable of
improving the item so that the "analysis process result condition"
is satisfied. In this case, the process flow editing unit 12
corrects the process flow by, with reference to the analysis engine
meta-information table 14 included in the process flow, changing an
analysis engine with a certain "meta-information ID" included in
the process flow to an analysis engine with "another
meta-information ID" which is of the same "engine type" as "engine
type" set for the certain "meta-information ID." Even when an
analysis process result satisfies "analysis process result
condition," in a case that the value of an item satisfying
"analysis process result condition" has a difference of a
predetermined value or more, that is, the item extremely satisfies
an analysis process result condition, the process flow editing unit
12 may perform change of an analysis engine, namely,
meta-information ID by focusing on the item.
[0060] For example, in the abovementioned example shown in FIG. 7,
the result of the actual analysis process by using "analysis engine
A" of "meta-information 1" is "required time for analysis=1.5
seconds." In a case that the result of the analysis process by
using "analysis engine B" of "meta-information 3" in the
combination is "required time for analysis=1 second" as registered
as "analysis process result characteristic" in the analysis engine
meta-information table 14, the total required time for analysis
does not satisfy "analysis process result condition=within 2
seconds." Therefore, among other meta-information that "object ID
detection" of the same "engine type" as "engine type" set for
"meta-information 3" is set, an analysis engine of meta-information
satisfying the abovementioned "analysis process result condition"
is selected. For example, at the time of changing "analysis engine
B" of "meta-information 3," it can be found from the analysis
engine meta-information table 14 shown in FIG. 2 that "analysis
engine C" of "meta-information 4" whose "engine type" is the same
"object ID detection" as "meta-information 3" is stored. Because
"analysis accuracy=3 m" and "required time=0.5 seconds" are set as
"analysis process result characteristics" of "meta-information 4,"
"analysis process result conditions" are satisfied when "analysis
engine C" of "meta-information 4" is used in combination with
"analysis engine A" of "meta-information 1." Therefore, the process
flow is corrected by changing "analysis engine B" of
"meta-information 3" to "analysis engine C" of "meta-information 4"
and setting the respective meta-information.
[0061] Then, the analysis engine C (an RFID engine) of
"meta-information 4" is set in the process flow that the analysis
engine A (a video image analysis engine) of "meta-information 1" is
set, as shown by shading in FIG. 9, whereby the process flow is
corrected. The process flow editing unit 12 passes the corrected
process flow to the analysis engine controlling unit 11.
[0062] Subsequently, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 again
executes the analysis process by using the respective analysis
engines in the same manner as described above based on the
corrected process flow (step S3). After that, in the same manner as
described above, the analysis engine controlling unit 11 receives
analysis process results from the respective analysis engines, adds
the analysis process results to the process flow as shown by
shading in FIG. 10, and passes to the process flow editing unit 12.
In this case, because the analysis process results satisfy
"analysis process result conditions" (Yes at step S4), the analysis
engine controlling unit 11 ends the process.
[0063] Although the above example describes a case of changing an
analysis engine to another analysis engine when correcting a
process flow, an analysis engine may be changed to the same
analysis engine of another meta-information ID for which a
different parameter set is set.
[0064] Thus, according to the present invention, even when
performing analysis by making a plurality of analysis engines work
in cooperation, it is possible, in accordance with the result of an
analysis process by an analysis engine, to change to another
analysis engine or changing an analysis parameter and set an
analysis procedure satisfying an analysis process request.
Consequently, it is possible to easily obtain a desired analysis
process result even if an analysis process is complicated.
<Supplementary Notes>
[0065] The whole or part of the exemplary embodiments disclosed
above can be described as the following supplementary notes. The
outline of the configurations of an analysis engine control device
in the present invention will be described below with reference to
FIG. 11. However, the present invention is not limited to the
following configurations.
(Supplementary Note 1)
[0066] An analysis engine control device 100, comprising:
[0067] an analysis engine meta-information table 110 storing an
analysis process content and an analysis process result
characteristic for each analysis engine;
[0068] a process flow generating means 101 for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines 200 each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table 110, and
generating a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the
selected analysis engines 200; and
[0069] an analysis process executing means 102 for executing an
analysis process by each of the analysis engines 200 based on the
generated process flow,
[0070] wherein the process flow generating means 101 is configured
to, in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by
each of the analysis engines 200 executed by the analysis process
executing means 102, correct the process flow so that an analysis
process satisfying the analysis process result condition and
corresponding to the analysis process content is executed, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table 110.
(Supplementary Note 2)
[0071] The analysis engine control device according to
Supplementary Note 1, wherein the process flow generating means is
configured to correct the process flow based on the analysis engine
meta-information table in accordance with an intermediate result of
an actual analysis process executed by the analysis process
executing means based on the process flow, the intermediate result
being a result of an actual analysis process by part of the
analysis engines included in the process flow.
(Supplementary Note 3)
[0072] The analysis engine control device according to
Supplementary Note 1 or 2, wherein:
[0073] the analysis process content stored by the analysis engine
meta-information table is an engine type classified depending on
the analysis process content; and
[0074] the process flow generating means is configured to, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table, select the analysis
engine of the engine type corresponding to the analysis process
content set in the analysis process request and, when correcting
the process flow, correct the process flow by changing the analysis
engine set in the process flow to the analysis engine of the same
engine type as the analysis engine set in the process flow.
(Supplementary Note 4)
[0075] The analysis engine control device according to
Supplementary Note 3, comprising an analysis engine combination
information table storing, for each of the analysis process
contents, an engine type combination capable of executing an
analysis process corresponding to the analysis process content,
[0076] wherein the process flow generating means is configured to
select an analysis engine combination corresponding to the analysis
process content set in the analysis process request, based on the
analysis engine combination information table and the analysis
engine meta-information table.
(Supplementary Note 5)
[0077] The analysis engine control device according to any of
Supplementary Notes 1 to 4, wherein:
[0078] the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request is analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process;
[0079] the analysis process result characteristic stored by the
analysis engine meta-information table is analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and a processing time for the analysis process;
and
[0080] the process flow generating means is configured to: select a
plurality of analysis engines each executing an analysis process
which satisfies analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process of the analysis process
result condition set in the analysis process request and
corresponds to the analysis process content, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table; and when correcting the process
flow, correct the process flow based on the analysis engine
meta-information table so that the analysis process satisfying the
analysis accuracy of the analysis process and the processing time
for the analysis process of the analysis process result condition
set in the analysis process request and corresponding to the
analysis process content is executed, in accordance with a result
of an actual analysis process by the analysis engine executed by
the analysis process executing means.
(Supplementary Note 6)
[0081] The analysis engine control device according to any of
Supplementary Notes 1 to 5, wherein:
[0082] the analysis engine meta-information table stores a
plurality of parameter patterns each of which is set into a
predetermined one of the analysis engines at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, and also stores the analysis
process content and the analysis process result characteristic for
each of the parameter patterns; and
[0083] the process flow generating means is configured to, when
generating or correcting the process flow, generate or correct the
process flow so that setting the parameter pattern corresponding to
the analysis engine selected or corrected so as to execute an
analysis process satisfying the analysis process result condition
set in the analysis process request and corresponding to the
analysis process content is included at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, based on the analysis engine
meta-information table.
(Supplementary Note 7)
[0084] A computer program comprising instructions for causing an
information processing device, which includes an analysis engine
meta-information table storing an analysis process content and an
analysis process result characteristic for each analysis engine, to
realize;
[0085] a process flow generating means for, in response to an
analysis process request in which an analysis process content and
an analysis process result condition are set, selecting a plurality
of analysis engines each executing an analysis process which
satisfies the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponds to the analysis process content
based on the analysis engine meta-information table, and generating
a process flow showing an analysis procedure by the selected
analysis engines; and
[0086] an analysis process executing means for executing an
analysis process by each of the analysis engines based on the
generated process flow,
[0087] the computer program comprising instructions for causing the
process flow generating means to perform operations which include,
in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by each
of the analysis engines executed by the analysis process executing
means, correcting the process flow so that an analysis process
satisfying the analysis process result condition and corresponding
to the analysis process content is executed, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table.
(Supplementary Note 8)
[0088] The computer program according to Supplementary Note 7,
comprising instructions for causing the process flow generating
means to perform operations which include correcting the process
flow based on the analysis engine meta-information table in
accordance with an intermediate result of an actual analysis
process executed by the analysis process executing means based on
the process flow, the intermediate result being a result of an
actual analysis process by part of the analysis engines included in
the process flow.
(Supplementary Note 9)
[0089] The computer program according to Supplementary Note 7 or 8,
wherein:
[0090] the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request is analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process; and
[0091] the analysis process result characteristic stored by the
analysis engine meta-information table is analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and a processing time for the analysis
process,
[0092] the computer program comprising instructions for causing the
process flow generating means to perform operations which include:
selecting a plurality of analysis engines each executing an
analysis process which satisfies analysis accuracy of the analysis
process and a processing time for the analysis process of the
analysis process result condition set in the analysis process
request and corresponds to the analysis process content, based on
the analysis engine meta-information table; and when correcting the
process flow, correcting the process flow based on the analysis
engine meta-information table so that the analysis process
satisfying the analysis accuracy of the analysis process and the
processing time for the analysis process of the analysis process
result condition set in the analysis process request and
corresponding to the analysis process content is executed, in
accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by the
analysis engine executed by the analysis process executing
means.
(Supplementary Note 10)
[0093] The computer program according to any of Supplementary Notes
7 to 9, wherein the analysis engine meta-information table stores a
plurality of parameter patterns each of which is set into a
predetermined one of the analysis engines at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, and also stores the analysis
process content and the analysis process result characteristic for
each of the parameter patterns,
[0094] the computer program comprising instructions for causing the
process flow generating means to perform operations which include,
when generating or correcting the process flow, generating or
correcting the process flow so that setting the parameter pattern
corresponding to the analysis engine selected or corrected so as to
execute an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request and corresponding to
the analysis process content is included at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, based on the analysis engine
meta-information table.
(Supplementary Note 11)
[0095] An analysis engine control method comprising, by an
information processing device including an analysis engine
meta-information table storing an analysis process content and an
analysis process result characteristic for each analysis
engine:
[0096] in response to an analysis process request in which an
analysis process content and an analysis process result condition
are set, selecting a plurality of analysis engines each executing
an analysis process which satisfies the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request and corresponds to
the analysis process content based on the analysis engine
meta-information table, and generating a process flow showing an
analysis procedure by the selected analysis engines;
[0097] executing an analysis process by each of the analysis
engines based on the generated process flow;
[0098] in accordance with a result of an actual analysis process by
each of the analysis engines executed, correcting the process flow
so that an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition and corresponding to the analysis process content is
executed, based on the analysis engine meta-information table;
and
[0099] executing the analysis process by the analysis engine based
on the corrected process flow.
(Supplementary Note 12)
[0100] The analysis engine control method according to
Supplementary Note 11, comprising, at a time of correction of the
process flow, correcting the process flow based on the analysis
engine meta-information table in accordance with an intermediate
result of an actual analysis process executed based on the process
flow, the intermediate result being a result of an actual analysis
process by part of the analysis engines included in the process
flow.
(Supplementary Note 13)
[0101] The analysis engine control method according to
Supplementary Note 11 or 12, wherein:
[0102] the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request is analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process;
[0103] the analysis process result characteristic stored by the
analysis engine meta-information table is analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and a processing time for the analysis
process,
[0104] the analysis engine control method comprising:
[0105] at a time of generation of the process flow, selecting a
plurality of analysis engines each executing an analysis process
which satisfies analysis accuracy of the analysis process and a
processing time for the analysis process of the analysis process
result condition set in the analysis process request and
corresponds to the analysis process content, based on the analysis
engine meta-information table; and
[0106] at a time of correction of the process flow, correcting the
process flow based on the analysis engine meta-information table so
that the analysis process satisfying the analysis accuracy of the
analysis process and the processing time for the analysis process
of the analysis process result condition set in the analysis
process request and corresponding to the analysis process content
is executed, in accordance with a result of an actual analysis
process by the analysis engine executed.
(Supplementary Note 14)
[0107] The analysis engine control method according to any of
Supplementary Notes 11 to 13, wherein:
[0108] the analysis engine meta-information table stores a
plurality of parameter patterns each of which is set into a
predetermined one of the analysis engines at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, and also stores the analysis
process content and the analysis process result characteristic for
each of the parameter patterns,
[0109] the analysis engine control method comprising, at a time of
generation or correction of the process flow, generating or
correcting the process flow so that setting the parameter pattern
corresponding to the analysis engine selected or corrected so as to
execute an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition set in the analysis process request and corresponding to
the analysis process content is included at a time of an analysis
process by the analysis engine, based on the analysis engine
meta-information table.
(Supplementary Note 15)
[0110] The analysis engine control method according to any of
Supplementary Notes 11 to 14, comprising executing an analysis
process by the analysis engine based on the corrected process flow,
and further, in accordance with a result of an actual analysis
process by the analysis engine executed, correcting the process
flow based on the analysis engine meta-information table so as to
execute an analysis process satisfying the analysis process result
condition and corresponding to the analysis process content.
[0111] The program in each of the exemplary embodiments is stored
in the storage device, or recorded in a computer-readable recording
medium. For example, the recording medium is a portable medium such
as a flexible disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk and a
semiconductor memory.
[0112] Although the present invention has been described above with
reference to the exemplary embodiments, the present invention is
not limited to the above exemplary embodiments. The configurations
and details of the present invention can be modified within the
scope of the present invention in various manners that can be
understood by those skilled in the art.
[0113] The present invention is based upon and claims the benefit
of priority from Japanese patent application No. 2011-025805, filed
on Feb. 9, 2011, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in
its entirety by reference.
DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
[0114] 1 analysis engine control device [0115] 2 application [0116]
11 analysis engine controlling unit [0117] 12 process flow editing
unit [0118] 13 analysis process content judging unit [0119] 14
analysis engine meta-information table [0120] 15 analysis engine
combination information table [0121] A, B, C analysis engine [0122]
100 analysis engine control device [0123] 101 process flow
generating means [0124] 102 analysis process executing means [0125]
110 analysis engine meta-information table [0126] 200 analysis
engine
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